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Finite difference analysis of an open-ended, coaxial sensor made of semi- rigid coaxial cable for determination of moisture in Tenera oil palm fruit


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Cheng, Ee Meng and Abbas, Zulkifly and Abdul Malek, Mohamed Fareq and Lee, Kim Yee and You, Kok Yeow and Khor, Shing Fhan and Hassan, Jumiah and Zainuddin, Hishamuddin (2016) Finite difference analysis of an open-ended, coaxial sensor made of semi- rigid coaxial cable for determination of moisture in Tenera oil palm fruit. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 31 (10). pp. 1181-1192. ISSN 1054-4887; ESSN: 1943-5711

Abstract

In this paper, the use of the Finite Difference Method (FDM) is proposed to determine the reflection coefficient of an open-ended coaxial sensor for determining the moisture content of oil palm fruit. Semirigid open-ended coaxial sensor is used in conjunction with Vector Network Analyzer for reflection coefficient measurement of oil palm fruit. Moisture content in oil palm fruit determine optimum harvest time of oil palm fruit. Finite difference method is then used to simulate measured reflection coefficient due to different moisture contents in oil palm fruit at various stages of ripeness. The FDM results were found to be in good agreement with measured data when compared with the quasi-static and capacitance model. Overall, the mean errors in magnitude and phase for the FDM were 0.03 and 3.70°, respectively.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Finite difference method; Moisture content; Oil palm fruit; Open-ended coaxial sensor; Reflection coefficient
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Publisher: Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2018 05:08
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2018 05:08
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54319
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